Powder-box



(No Model.)

J. E. ROEDER.

POWDER BOX.

No. 407,449. Patented July 23, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JONAS E. ROEDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POWDER-BOX.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,449, dated July23, 1889.

Application filed January 21, 1889- Serial No. 297,030. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JONAS E. ROEDER, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Powder-Boxes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figures 1 and 1 are separate views of the body ofthe box and its lid, respectively. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection through the closed box. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of anotherform of box in which the invention is embodied. Fig. 4 shows its lid orcover detached.

My invention relates to an improvement in boxes for holding toilet andother powders; and it consists in providing the lid of' the box withchamois or other soft material, whereby the lid may be used to apply thepowder, in lieu of the separate puff, rag, &c., heretofore employed. Thelatter, as is Well known, is objectionable for various reasonsamongothers, in that it is inconvenient and unpleasant, being very apt whilebeing used to unnecessarily dust or spill the powder over the user andsurroundings. To remedy these objections is the design of my invention,the preferred form of which is shown in the annexed drawings, wherein Arepresents the body of the box 0, its lid or cover, and D the pad. Thelatter is usually composed of a piece of chamois-skin d, which iscemented or otherwise suitably secured to the bottom of the lid, aninterposed filling d of cotton or other material, being advantageouslyused. As a means to enable this pad to be securely and readily attachedto the lid, I secure to the under side of the latter a cover ordiaphragm c, to which the edges of the chamois, &c., are cemented.

It will be seenthat by inverting the box the powder B therein containedwill fall upon the pad, and when the box is reverted a quantitysuflicient for application will adhere to the lid. I prefer to make thelid oval or elongated in shape, as illustrated, whereby the powder maybe more conveniently and effectually applied.

I remark in this connection that the pad may be disposed on the outerinstead of the inner side of the lid, but of course at somedisadvantage, as, in such case, among other obvious objections, in orderto apply the powder to the pad it would be necessary to remove andinvert the lid.

When the invention is used in conjunction with tooth or other polishingpowder containing boxes, I make the lid of the box of wood or other hardmaterial, provide the same with a suitable handle, and cement thechamois or other substance directly to the under side of the lid, thelatter being preferably tapered at the ends for convenience in using.(See Figs. 3 and 4.)

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent 1. 'The powder-box hereinbefore described, consisting ofthe combination, with the body portion or receptacle in which the powderis freely contained, of the lid or cover provided with the chamois orother soft material on one side thereof, so as to form a pad or pufiwhich may be readily charged with said powder, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The powder-box hereinbefore described, consisting of the combination,with the body portion or receptacle in which the powder is freelycontained, of the lid or cover provided with the chamois or other softmaterial on the inner side thereof, so as to form a pad or puff whichmay be readily charged with said powder, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a powder-box, the combination, with the body portion orreceptacle, of the lid or cover, the diaphragm on the inner sidethereof, and the chamois or other soft material secured to saiddiaphragm, substantially as described.

4. In a powder-box, the combination, with the body portion orreceptacle, of the lid or cover, and the pad composed of chamois andcotton and secured on the inner side of said lid, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 14th dayof January, A. D. 1889.

JONAS E. ROEDER.

Witnesses:v

JOHN NOLAN, GEO. W. REED.

